Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Myanmar
Myanmar: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 86.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Myanmar, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Myanmar is 86.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Myanmar peaked at 86.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 65.7%, in 2000.
That places Myanmar 197th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70.1% | 65.7% | 74.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.9% | 75.5% | 84.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.1% | 85.3% | 86.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
More environment data for Myanmar
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 117.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.16 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 63.91 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 3.71 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.28 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.014 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 72.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0085 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0586 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.74 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Myanmar?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Myanmar was 86.4% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 86.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.7% in 2000.
- How does Myanmar rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Myanmar ranks 197th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.